The Grand Canyon is missing over a billion years of rocks. Now scientists know why.
More than a billion years of geological history is missing from the walls of the Grand Canyon, and now, scientists may know why. In the
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‘The possibilities are truly breathtaking’: NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will take better images and last longer than experts predicted
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is nearing its final destination more than 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth, where it will soon
Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot on Spacewalk
From left, Expedition 75 flight engineers Anil Menon of NASA (partially obscured and wearing the spacesuit with a red stripe on the legs) and Sophie
How a Metabolic Spark Could Have Jump-Started Life
This explainer is part of Quanta Magazine’s Origins of Life Week. Check back throughout the week for more stories about one of science’s biggest unknowns.
Physicists propose new quantum device to measure how Earth twists space-time
Scientists have proposed a new tabletop device to detect the subtle way Earth’s daily spin on its axis twists the space-time around it — an
More people could count as obese under newly proposed definition — here’s what you need to know
Obesity is linked to a range of health problems — including heart disease, diabetes and early death — but it can be hard to know
Florida’s ‘dark magic’ mushrooms have a deadly combination of chemicals never seen before
A tiny brown mushroom found in Florida’s swamps is the first known fungus to contain both psilocybin, the chemical compound in psychedelic mushrooms; and amatoxin
This magic mushroom can kill
Researchers in Florida unearthed a “dark magic mushroom” that boasts a combination of hallucinogenic and poisonous traits.
Light is hard to block from every direction. This physicist found a way
Physicist Stefano Martiniani uses a computer algorithm to design new materials that could help advance light-based computers.
A man swallowed a bone, and 15 years later, doctors found it in his appendix
The patient: A 45-year-old man in Italy The symptoms: The man went to the emergency room because he had a sharp pain in his lower-right
Huawei unveils ‘SuperCluster’ architecture designed to make 1 million AI chips work as a single computer
Engineers in China have built a new computer architecture they say can one day make up to a million artificial intelligence (AI) chips work as
‘No one dared question his results’: How thermodynamics sparked a heated debate about Earth’s age in the 19th century
In the 1950s, American geochemist Clair Patterson presented findings that showed Earth is around 4.55 billion years old . His evidence was based on lead
CHAPEA Crew Leaves a Mark
Photos of the CHAPEA Mission 2 crew are arranged around a boot print in the simulated Martian sand outside their habitat.
The Case for a Bubble at Life’s Start
This explainer is part of Quanta Magazine’s Origins of Life Week. Check back throughout the week for more stories about one of science’s biggest unknowns.